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G.H Mumm & Cie is one of the world’s largest champagne producers situated in northern France in Remis. The legend of G.H Mumm is written in the pages of history well before 1827, the official founding year of the champagne company. Although in early 1761 the Mumm family had launched the business of vine production in Germany where in the Rhine Valley they owned vast land harvested with vine gardens.

At the beginning of 19th century the Mumm family; recognising the business of exceptional sparkling vine in France and keeping inconsideration the friendly terms of both countries, Germany and France, took the bold decision and created another Branch of the company in the Remis; the world centre of the champagne production. With the partnership of French local G. Heuser the new entity G.H Mumm was formed with quality their watchword and motto for ‘Only the Best’.

Driven by this motto of his, G.H Mumm gave birth to the iconic that changed the destiny of champagne company. To pay a tribute to his most prestige customers, he ornamented each bottle’s neck with a red silk ribbon. The red silk ribbon symbolises the highest of the honours of French, The Grand Cordon. This decision apart from its visual strength as Cordon Rouge also established G.H Mumm Cordon Rouge as ambassador of Champagne spirit. It had such a great affect that Cordon Rouge became the house symbol of G.H. Mumm Champagne.

G.H Mumm has its own fermentation research laboratories to offer consistently the highest quality champagne under well developed expertise. The vine gardens for mumm champagne have more than 77 varieties of grapes to pick from. The distinctiveness in the final blend reflects preponderance of the Pinot Noir, Chardonnay’s strong presence for elegance and finesse it posses and a hint of Pinot Meunier to provide fruitiness, liveliness and on the contraire rusty feeling, and to finalise the deal and give it the classic touch it is known for, the vine is mixed with 30% of old cellar wine and left for ageing.

In the cellars of the G.H Mumm the still wine hidden in depths becomes Champagne. To make it sparkling it is kept at the constant temperature of 11 degree Celsius, over month where bubbles from gradually. With the increase in bubbles the pressure inside the bottle increase up to 6 bars and the alcohol content up to 12%. The perfect maturity of mumm brut champagne is created in the cellar over many months with an increase in aroma and richness in taste.

The integral part played in company’s champagne is the liqueur they use, it is half as drier than most of the liqueur used in brut champagne. The shapes of bottles also give the wine a consistently ravishing finish, with its remarkable mouth length making space for constant fermentation and bubbles to form at and rise so that rich and lively foam is produced when the Mumm champagne is opened. The bottles are available from 75cl to 15 litters all with same science.

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#16

watford willsongb Says:

2012-03-04 13:53

As an artist myself, I must say I do like the rendering of the rose on the foil of the Mumm roses. And the bubbly pink is delicious, too. The pinot noir is most evident, and there is a lot of red fruit like strawberries and even red currants. Pudding flavors like caramel, too. Admittedly, I buy this quite a bit. Real men drink and love rose!!! I keep the rose foils

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killeen rolfesha Says:

2012-03-04 13:44

How much affection do I have for Mumm de Cramant, Blanc de Blancs! The aesthetics of the old fashioned bottle and the simplistic design… firstly, is beautiful, beautiful. The Champagne itself, though. What a thing of beauty, I love the singularity of it– the single cru Cramant sourcing, the entire composition of the greatest of the white grapes..Just so elegant.Laced with history. Since it was made since the late 19th century, that is. So silken and smoky and redolent of candied fruit and lemon zest…Ah! Delicately bubbly fine mousse.

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zajicekmg Says:

2012-03-04 13:35

My father was a great collector of Champagne and I will always remember his fondness for Mumm wines. I remember, too, his virtue-extolling of the R. Lalou Cuvee, when it was made back in the 60s through the 80s. The image of the bottle always stuck with me, as well, since it is different from the classic rouge ribbon design. At any rate, he died in 2006. When the Champagne house announced a revival of the R. Lalou wines the next year, I bought two cases for my own cellar–my father taught me well of wine collecting– and since then in 2007, it is never without a tribute and a tide of memories that I open and enjoy a bottle. In fact, When I married in 2010, the bride and I toasted with a single bottle of one of the old vintages of R. Lalou.

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jain landgrafg Says:

2012-02-25 01:32

Indeed quite aberrant to feature pinot meunier so prominently. Makes for a rounder, more honey inflected sparkler.

#12

weedman ruddiv Says:

2012-02-25 01:29

What about the Demi Sec? I am struck by the unusual nature of the demi sec composition.

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bleicht hog Says:

2012-02-25 01:28

I’m a sommelier and in my restaurant, I actually push the Blanc de Blancs quite a bit as an alternative to many white wines. The demi-mousse in this cuvee is what gives the Blanc de Blancs such great flexibility–the softer mousse. This is a Grand Cru wine.

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robbs mcclean Says:

2012-02-25 01:25

Mumm isnt French, but German. The family had interests in wine early on, around Cologne, I believe, but Georges Hermann Mumm is the one who created the Champagne house in 1827.

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cuddy spannr Says:

2012-02-25 01:20

The name Mumm has always given me the giggles–where on earth did that come from? Mumm doesn’t sound French to me!

#8

bake nevesp Says:

2012-02-25 01:19

The Cordon Rouge is a delicious one, though. Roasty, toasty,and lots of dried fruit. It is so fine

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dwigh moultonb Says:

2012-02-25 01:16

Cordon Rouge is the original “House Wine” for Mumm. I regularly buy Cordon Rouge for dinner parties at home. My wife and I do a lot of entertaining, much of it for business purposes, and I have always found that the presence of the luxe Mumm has a psychological effect on dinner guests! ie: prosperity, abundance!